THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/georgia

Joint Parliamentary Committee welcomes Georgia's desire to become member of the EU and expresses concern about deterioration in relations with Russia and conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Brussels, 18/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - Meeting in Tbilisi on 12 September, the Joint Parliamentary Committee EU-Georgia, co-chaired by Maria Anne Isler Béguin (Greens, France) and David Bakradze, welcomed “Georgia's European aspirations”, the democratic progress achieved since the “Rose Revolution” and its inclusion in the EU neighbourhood policy. The statement adopted at the meeting calls for EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semby to be provided with the...